Kitab al-Aghani

Kitab al-Aghani
	Illustration from Kitab al-Aghani (1216-20)
Author	Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani
Original title	كتاب الأغاني
Language	Arabic
Subject	Arabic poetry and songs
Genre	Encyclopedic collection
Published	10th century
Publication place	Abbasid Caliphate
Media type	Manuscript
Pages	Over 10,000

Kitāb al-Aghānī (Arabic: كتاب الأغاني, romanized: kitāb al-‘aghānī, lit. 'The Book of Songs'), is an encyclopedic collection of poems and songs that runs to over 20 volumes in modern editions, attributed to the 10th-century Arabic writer Abū al-Farāj al-Isfahānī (also known as al-Isbahānī).^[1]^[2]

^ Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Kitab al-Aghani, 25 vols., Beirut, Dar Sader Publishers: 2004.
^ Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Abulfaraj" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 79.

[1] Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, Kitab al-Aghani, 25 vols., Beirut, Dar Sader Publishers: 2004.

[2] Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Abulfaraj" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 79.

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